Thursday, June 23, 2011

Going down the road with the blues

...the indigo blues that is.
taking off in the early morn for the mid-west to teach a weekend workshop to a full house of 16.
boxes shipped, bags packed.

looking forward to sharing and teaching the magic of dyeing with the oldest and only natural blue dye in the world.
knowledge of indigo began in the tropics about 5,000 years ago. that's an ancient dye!

3 comments:

BLUE ... Long one of my favorite colors (& the variations & the "cousins" on either side on the color wheel) back when I made a lot of my own clothes, the trick was trying "match blues" & such a triumph when it was "matched" between two very different fabrics (for, say, a top & skirt) ~ still "hoarding" the mohair I did w/ you some summers ago ~ m.

2014 Long Ridge Farm Workshops

I shepherd a flock of CVM/
Romeldale sheep, the most rare and endangered breed of sheep in North America. Along with a commitment to their conservancy, hues derived from nature are the source of my artistic inspiration and being a good steward in their use and preservation is paramount in my work.